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i built the ultimate gym in my garage for less than $500

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:57 pm
by Tae-Bo
power rack, oly barbell + 450 lb in plates, flat bench, rubber mats, plywood, chalk, jump rope

tonight i set my PR for deadlift while in my boxers barefoot and listening to squarepusher, with my cat staring at me in awe


i couldn't handle 24 hour fitness anymore, it's a fuckin hell hole and they still play fuckin c & c music factory there, i mean WTF???

yep im braggin about my gym

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:52 pm
by Jay
I prefer going to the gym because I can work out while staring at hot chicks.

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:55 pm
by araby
Jay wrote:I prefer going to the gym because I can work out while staring at hot chicks.


not to claim to be one of them but you're the reason I won't go to the gym it makes me sick I'm not working up a sweat and working my ass off for you to look at me if that was my intention we'd go fuck but that's not what I went there for so stop staring and do your own thing

Re: i built the ultimate gym in my garage for less than $500

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:56 pm
by DESX
D. Duck wrote:power rack, oly barbell + 450 lb in plates, flat bench, rubber mats, plywood, chalk, jump rope

tonight i set my PR for deadlift while in my boxers barefoot and listening to squarepusher, with my cat staring at me in awe


i couldn't handle 24 hour fitness anymore, it's a fuckin hell hole and they still play fuckin c & c music factory there, i mean WTF???

yep im braggin about my gym


We have a nice ass 26 million dollar Y here that just opened like 2 years ago with badass indoor and outdoor pool. So im good with that.

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:05 pm
by Tae-Bo
pft

*builds pool in garage*

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:06 pm
by Tae-Bo
Jay wrote:I prefer going to the gym because I can work out while staring at hot chicks.


i can put a mirror up that's good enough imo

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:07 pm
by Zanchief
araby wrote:
Jay wrote:I prefer going to the gym because I can work out while staring at hot chicks.


not to claim to be one of them but you're the reason I won't go to the gym it makes me sick I'm not working up a sweat and working my ass off for you to look at me if that was my intention we'd go fuck but that's not what I went there for so stop staring and do your own thing


Jay's such a Pervy small cocked Asian.

oh and insert a wink or nod or some other nerdy emote you people use so this doesn't seem so nasty.

Or whatever maybe it's supposed to be nasty.

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:07 pm
by Tae-Bo
araby wrote:
Jay wrote:I prefer going to the gym because I can work out while staring at hot chicks.


not to claim to be one of them but you're the reason I won't go to the gym it makes me sick I'm not working up a sweat and working my ass off for you to look at me if that was my intention we'd go fuck but that's not what I went there for so stop staring and do your own thing


is it really noticeable when guys are staring ???

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:09 pm
by Tae-Bo
*peaks out from behind the treadmill*

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:19 pm
by Gidan
araby wrote:
Jay wrote:I prefer going to the gym because I can work out while staring at hot chicks.


not to claim to be one of them but you're the reason I won't go to the gym it makes me sick I'm not working up a sweat and working my ass off for you to look at me if that was my intention we'd go fuck but that's not what I went there for so stop staring and do your own thing


I love when girls go to the gym in a sports bra and the smallest tightest pair of spandex shorts you can get, and then complain about people looking at them.

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:01 pm
by araby
yah it's noticeable when it's noticeable. gawking is so rude, no matter what someone is wearing.

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:39 pm
by Tikker
araby wrote:yah it's noticeable when it's noticeable. gawking is so rude, no matter what someone is wearing.


bullshit

if you didn't want men looking you'd be wearing fucking sweats and a hoodie

if skins exposed it's fair game

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:14 pm
by araby
Tikker wrote:
araby wrote:yah it's noticeable when it's noticeable. gawking is so rude, no matter what someone is wearing.


bullshit

if you didn't want men looking you'd be wearing fucking sweats and a hoodie

if skins exposed it's fair game


alright, have it your way. but she won't be hanging out with you later, because you're the weirdo that wouldn't stop staring at her.

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:17 pm
by Narrock
araby wrote:
Tikker wrote:
araby wrote:yah it's noticeable when it's noticeable. gawking is so rude, no matter what someone is wearing.


bullshit

if you didn't want men looking you'd be wearing fucking sweats and a hoodie

if skins exposed it's fair game


alright, have it your way. but she won't be hanging out with you later, because you're the weirdo that wouldn't stop staring at her.


uh... most chicks in a gym like being looked at.

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:30 pm
by araby
looked at is one thing-gawked at is another. (we already went through this)

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:14 pm
by Jay
Lol no I don't obviously gawk and stare like a drooling retard. I look. Any guy who's ever been to a gym and denies that he looks at a girl wearing tight spandex and sports bras is lying or smokes tubesteak. Mission objective #1 is working out and getting fit but looking at women is another thing that motivates me to go to the gym.

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:18 am
by Mop
I started setting up a home gym right before deciding to move again across town

Currently have 100 lb heavy bag set up, jump rope ( heavy and speed) speed bag. 390 in plates, bowflex dumbless, old school bowflex * coat hanger imo * bosu ball and ladder/ cones.

want to finish offf with floor padding / new bench mainly.

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:31 pm
by Gargamellow
i will probably have a gym one day...probably 10 years

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:01 pm
by Tae-Bo

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:18 pm
by Jazendar
You have sole purpose machines in there...You can do some flat bench, squats, deadlifts, shrugs and maybe some shoulders/back. Should have just gotten a multi purpose bench and some free weights. Could do all of the workouts with declining / inclining positions available, from flies to armed rows and hammer curls. Only prob with home built machine is the lack there of versatility wise with lower body lifts, because they are mostly sole purpose machines. I duno, nice gym i guess and stuff, i'll still pay my 40 a month to walk across the street to a place I enjoy with an ipod and have a serious variety on lifts each day.

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:49 pm
by Tae-Bo
since im mainly concerned with athletic ability i dont do isolation exercises so i have no need for like 90% of the shit in a commercial gym

with that i can do, 1. bench press 2. deadlift 3. power cleans 4. snatch 5. push press 6. dips 7. pull ups 8. bent over rows 9. squat 10. rack pulls + a buncha other shit that gets covered in the main compound lifts anyway so i dont need to do them

i already had a gym membership and switching from that to this i didnt change my routine at all

flies = worthless for my goals, same with hammer curls, and barbell rows own "armed" rows any day of the week

and whats not pictured is my new multi purpose bench that can incline or decline, however i dont use the incline or decline because i have no need for it (i wasnt thinking clearly when i bought it)

it's not the gym thats lacking, it's your imagination and knowledge of lifts

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:53 pm
by Narrock
watch the deadlifts... you can blow out your knees if you do it wrong.

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:54 pm
by Tae-Bo
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:08 pm
by Tae-Bo
my routine for the next few weeks cus im in a strength phase right now=

one day:
1. deadlift: warmup to 3 sets of 3 then 3 sets of heavy singles or doubles depending how i feel
2. push press 5 sets of 5

another day:
1. bench press warmups then 5 x 5
2. dynamic rows 3 x 6-8(look on youtube for video on how to do them
3. pull ups 3 sets of however many i can do

another day:
1. squat warmup then 8 set by 3 reps
2. dips 3 sets of however many i can do

then some days if im not ass tired i'll do explosive work with elastic bands on side twists and stuff, i also have an ab wheel that i do shit with (they own)

after i lift i usually spend up to 30 minutes stretching cus flexibility is super super important to me.. it's basically like a whole yoga routine

once my BJJ training picks up i'll probably cut down on alot of it and only do squats dips and pullups + a buncha yoga

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:16 pm
by Tossica
Sooo, uh... like, where does the car go?